Most certainly one of the kings of the blues, Robert Cray was born August 1
, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia. Possessing an aching soul voice and supple blues fingers, Cray single-handedly revitalized the profile of blues music when his breakthrough 1986 album"Strong Persuader"went on to sell 2 million copies on the strength of his Top 40 hit "Smoking Gun"- a feat unheard of for blues in the plastic pop 80s decade.
Subsequent albums repeated the formula to diminishing sales. Cray moved from the
major label to independent labels like Sanctuary, then his own label, Nozzle.
Mercury Cray's blues straddle the line between Memphis soul and contemporary
guitar blues. To date more than 20 albums have appeared on Cray in some 30 years of recording.
He also appeared in the film "Animal House" as bassist for the fictitious band
Otis Day & The Knights

Album Discography

"Who's Been Talkin'?" (Mercury 1980)

1. Too Many Cooks
2. The Score
3. Welfare, The (Turns Its Back on You)
4. That's What I'll Do
5. I'd Rather Be a Wino
6. Who's Been Talking?
7. Sleeping in the Ground
8. I'm Gonna Forget About You
9. Nice as a Fool Can Be
10. If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin'

"Bad Influence" (Hightone 1983)

1. Phone Booth
2. Bad Influence
3. Grinder, The
4. Got to Make a Comeback
5. So Many Women, So Little Time
6. Where Do I Go from Here
7. Waiting for the Tide to Turn
8. March On
9. Don't Touch Me
10. No Big Deal
11. I Got Loaded - (bonus track)
12. Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need - (bonus track)

"False Accusations" (Hightone 1985)

1. Porch Light
2. Change of Heart, Change of Mind (S.O.F.T.)
3. She's Gone
4. Playin' in the Dirt
5. I've Slipped Her Mind
6. False Accusations
7. Last Time, The (I Get Burned Like This)
8. Payin' for It Now
9. Sonny

1. Smoking Gun
2. I Guess I Showed Her
3. Right Next Door (Because of Me)
4. Nothin' But a Woman
5. Still Around
6. More Than I Can Stand
7. Foul Play
8. I Wonder
9. Fantasized
10. New Blood

"Don't
Be Afraid Of The Dark" (Mercury 1988)

1. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2. Don't You Even Care
3. Your Secret's Safe With Me
4. I Can't Go Home
5. Night Patrol
6. Acting This Way
7. Gotta Change the Rules
8. Across the Line
9. At Last
10. Laugh Out Loud

1. Just a Loser
2. I'm a Good Man
3. I Was Warned
4. Price I Pay, The
5. Won the Battle
6. On the Road Down
7. Whole Lotta Pride, A
8. Picture of a Broken Heart, A
9. He Don't Live Here Anymore
10. Our Last Time

1. Smoking Gun
2. Right Next Door (Because of Me)
3. Bouncin' Back
4. Don't You Even Care
5. Holdin' On
6. These Things
7. I Was Warned
8. One in the Middle, The
9. Some Pain, Some Shame
10. You're Gonna Need Me

"Heritage Of The Blues: Phone Booth" (Hightone 2003)

1. Phone Booth
2. Don't Touch Me
3. Porch Light
4. Last Time, The (I Get Burned Like This)
5. Bad Influence
6. Playin' in the Dirt
7. Change of Heart, Change of Mind - (S.O.F.T.)
8. Got to Make a Comeback
9. Grinder, The
10. Where Do I Go from Here
11. Payin' for It Now
12. I've Slipped Her Mind

"Twenty" (Sanctuary 2005)

1. Poor Johnny
2. That Ain't Love
3. Does It Really Matter
4. Fadin' Away
5. My Last Regret
6. It Doesn't Show
7. I'm Walkin'
8. Twenty
9. I Know You Will
10. I Forgot to Be Your Lover
11. Two Steps From the End

"The
Ultimate Collection" (Universal 2005)

1. Who's Been Talking?
2. I'm Gonna Forget About You
3. When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You
4. Phone Booth
5. Got to Make a Comeback
6. So Many Women So Little Time
7. Playin' in the Dirt
8. I've Slipped Her Mind
9. False Accusations
10. Right Next Door (Because of Me)
11. Smoking Gun
12. I Guess I Showed Her
13. I Wonder
14. Nohthin' But a Woman
15. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
16. Don't You Even Care
17. Acting This Way
18. Forecast, The (Calls for Pain)

DISC 2:
1. Things You Do to Me, The
2. Bouncin' Back
3. I Was Warned
4. He Don't Live Here Anymore
5. Our Last Time
6. You're Gonna Need Me
7. 1040 Blues
8. Passing By
9. I Shiver
10. Moan
11. Steppin' Out
12. Jealous Love
13. Never Mattered Much
14. Trick or Treat
15. I Can't Quit
16. Nothing Against You

DISC 1:
1. Our Last Time
2. Anytime
3. Love 2009
4. Right Next Door
5. Chicken in the Kitchen
6. Sitting on Top of the World
7. One in the Middle
8. Lotta Lovin'
9. Smoking Gun
10. I Can't Fail
11. That's What Keeps Me Rockin'
12. Time Make Two

1.
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
2. You Must Believe in Yourself
3. I Don't Care
4. Colorado Aspen
5. Just How Low
6. You Had My Heart
7. Pt. 1 I'm With You
8. Honey Bad
9. The Way We Are
10. Don't Steal My Love
11. Pt. 2 I'm With You